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Burundi vs Tanzania

108 shared metrics.

BurundiLeads in 40

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TanzaniaLeads in 68

Tanzania leads by 28 metrics. Use the same instinct in a quick real-data brawl.

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Country briefing

What matters for both sides

Short real-world notes so the comparison reads like more than a stat strip.

Burundi

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Burundi.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: name dates from 1966 and is derived from the name of the local Bantu people, the Rundi or Barundi.

CIA 2026

Tanzania

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: United Republic of Tanzania.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Tanzania's Kilimanjaro is Africa's highest point and the world's largest free-standing volcanic mass.

UNESCO

Analysis

Tanzania leads in 68 of 108 shared metrics, while Burundi leads in 40.

Burundi's Broadband Access (%) is 100.0x that of Tanzania (202 per 100 people vs 2.0 per 100 people).

Burundi's Population Density is 6.1x that of Tanzania (533.08 /km² vs 75.21 /km²).

Burundi's Inflation Rate is 5.5x that of Tanzania (20.2% vs 3.1%).

Burundi's Military Spending is 2.3x that of Tanzania (3.8% of GDP vs 1.2% of GDP).

Burundi's Insufficient Physical Activity is 2.2x that of Tanzania (14.35% of adults vs 4.5% of adults).

Key Comparisons

Broadband Access (%)Burundi leads

Burundi

202 per 100 people

Tanzania

2.0 per 100 people

Population DensityBurundi leads

Burundi

533.08 /km²

Tanzania

75.21 /km²

Inflation RateBurundi leads

Burundi

20.2%

Tanzania

3.1%

Military SpendingBurundi leads

Burundi

3.8% of GDP

Tanzania

1.2% of GDP

Insufficient Physical ActivityBurundi leads

Burundi

14.35% of adults

Tanzania

4.5% of adults

Firms Hit by Power OutagesBurundi leads

Burundi

93.88% of firms

Tanzania

34.13% of firms

All Metrics

Broadband Access (%)

Burundi

202 per 100 people

Tanzania

2.0 per 100 people

10000% higher

Population Density

Burundi

533.08 /km²

Tanzania

75.21 /km²

609% higher

Inflation Rate

Burundi

20.2%

Tanzania

3.1%

552% higher

Military Spending

Burundi

3.8% of GDP

Tanzania

1.2% of GDP

229% higher

Insufficient Physical Activity

Burundi

14.35% of adults

Tanzania

4.5% of adults

218% higher

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Burundi

93.88% of firms

Tanzania

34.13% of firms

175% higher

Health Spending (% GDP)

Burundi

8.4% of GDP

Tanzania

3.1% of GDP

170% higher

Beer Consumption

Burundi

1.8 L/person/yr

Tanzania

0.68 L/person/yr

159% higher

Political Corruption Index

Burundi

0.84

Tanzania

0.33

157% higher

Firms Asked for Bribes

Burundi

14.01% of firms

Tanzania

6.9% of firms

103% higher

Spirits Consumption

Tanzania

Burundi

0.00 L/person/yr

Tanzania

0.39 L/person/yr

100% lower

Forest Area

Tanzania

Burundi

2.8K km²

Tanzania

443.4K km²

99% lower

Mobile Money Accounts

Tanzania

Burundi

0.75% of adults

Tanzania

52.85% of adults

99% lower

Scientific Publications

Tanzania

Burundi

27.99

Tanzania

1.2K

98% lower

Land Area

Tanzania

Burundi

25.7K km²

Tanzania

885.8K km²

97% lower

Airports

Tanzania

Burundi

6.0

Tanzania

206

97% lower

GDP (Nominal)

Tanzania

Burundi

$3,082,433,067.33

Tanzania

$78,844,405,385.22

96% lower

Firms Making Informal Payments

Burundi

13.17% of firms

Tanzania

6.7% of firms

96% higher

Electricity Generation

Tanzania

Burundi

0.39 TWh

Tanzania

10.98 TWh

96% lower

Water Withdrawal

Tanzania

Burundi

0.28 B m³

Tanzania

5.2 B m³

95% lower

Comparison of Burundi and Tanzania across 108 metrics
				Winner
Broadband Access (%)	202 per 100 people	2.0 per 100 people	10000% higher	Burundi
Population Density	533.08 /km²	75.21 /km²	609% higher	Burundi
Inflation Rate	20.2%	3.1%	552% higher	Burundi
Military Spending	3.8% of GDP	1.2% of GDP	229% higher	Burundi
Insufficient Physical Activity	14.35% of adults	4.5% of adults	218% higher	Burundi
Firms Hit by Power Outages	93.88% of firms	34.13% of firms	175% higher	Burundi
Health Spending (% GDP)	8.4% of GDP	3.1% of GDP	170% higher	Burundi
Beer Consumption	1.8 L/person/yr	0.68 L/person/yr	159% higher	Burundi
Political Corruption Index	0.84	0.33	157% higher	Burundi
Firms Asked for Bribes	14.01% of firms	6.9% of firms	103% higher	Burundi
Spirits Consumption	0.00 L/person/yr	0.39 L/person/yr	100% lower	Tanzania
Forest Area	2.8K km²	443.4K km²	99% lower	Tanzania
Mobile Money Accounts	0.75% of adults	52.85% of adults	99% lower	Tanzania
Scientific Publications	27.99	1.2K	98% lower	Tanzania
Land Area	25.7K km²	885.8K km²	97% lower	Tanzania
Airports	6.0	206	97% lower	Tanzania
GDP (Nominal)	$3,082,433,067.33	$78,844,405,385.22	96% lower	Tanzania
Firms Making Informal Payments	13.17% of firms	6.7% of firms	96% higher	Burundi
Electricity Generation	0.39 TWh	10.98 TWh	96% lower	Tanzania
Water Withdrawal	0.28 B m³	5.2 B m³	95% lower	Tanzania
Total CO2 Emissions	0.97 Mt CO2e	21.34 Mt CO2e	95% lower	Tanzania
Electric Generating Capacity	131.0K kW	1.82M kW	93% lower	Tanzania
Digital Payments Used	4.3% of adults	57.14% of adults	92% lower	Tanzania
Milk Consumption per Person	4.6 kg/person/yr	40.29 kg/person/yr	89% lower	Tanzania
Agricultural Land (%)	83.89%	44.62%	88% higher	Burundi
Irrigated Land	230 km²	1.8K km²	87% lower	Tanzania
Protected Land (%)	7.6%	40%	81% lower	Tanzania
Population	13.59M	69.15M	80% lower	Tanzania
Liberal Democracy Index	0.06	0.30	80% lower	Tanzania
GNI Per Capita	$260	$1,210	79% lower	Tanzania
Forest Coverage (%)	10.89%	50.05%	78% lower	Tanzania
CO2 Per Capita	0.07 t/person/yr	0.29 t/person/yr	78% lower	Tanzania
Electricity Access (%)	11.6%	48.3%	76% lower	Tanzania
Vehicles per 1,000 People	9.7 per 1k people	40.2 per 1k people	76% lower	Tanzania
Land Border Length	1.1K km	4.2K km	73% lower	Tanzania
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	int. $1,248.05	int. $4,470.95	72% lower	Tanzania
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	1.7 per 100k	5.6 per 100k	70% lower	Tanzania
Freedom of Expression Index	0.16	0.55	70% lower	Tanzania
Credit Card Ownership	0.29% of adults	0.85% of adults	66% lower	Tanzania
Unemployment Rate	0.90%	2.6%	65% lower	Tanzania
Can Raise Emergency Money	33.16% of adults	94.15% of adults	65% lower	Tanzania
Internet Users (%)	11%	29%	62% lower	Tanzania
Alcohol Consumption	4.2 L/adult/yr	10.95 L/adult/yr	62% lower	Tanzania
Border Neighbors	3.0	8.0	62% lower	Tanzania
Obesity Rate	4.5%	11.39%	60% lower	Tanzania
Seafood Consumption per Person	2.5 kg/person/yr	6.2 kg/person/yr	59% lower	Tanzania
Corruption Perceptions Index	17 pts	40 pts	57% lower	Tanzania
High-Tech Exports (%)	1.3%	3.0%	57% lower	Tanzania
Water Stress (%)	2.8%	6.2%	55% lower	Tanzania
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.9% of GDP	3.2% of GDP	54% higher	Burundi
Highest Elevation	2.7K m	5.9K m	54% lower	Tanzania
Teen Birth Rate	53.36 per 1k	113.21 per 1k	53% lower	Tanzania
University Enrollment Rate	6.0%	4.0%	50% higher	Burundi
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	63 per 100 people	127 per 100 people	50% lower	Tanzania
Suicide Rate	7.7 per 100k	5.1 per 100k	50% higher	Burundi
Official Languages Count	3.0	2.0	50% higher	Burundi
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	1.1% of GDP	2.2% of GDP	50% lower	Tanzania
Electoral Democracy Index	0.18	0.36	49% lower	Tanzania
Electricity Carbon Intensity	183.67 gCO2/kWh	345.02 gCO2/kWh	47% lower	Tanzania
Tobacco Use Prevalence	10.1% of adults	7.3% of adults	38% higher	Burundi
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.08 per 1k	0.13 per 1k	38% lower	Tanzania
Firms with Female Top Manager	11% of firms	17.5% of firms	37% lower	Tanzania
Capital Elevation	1.5K m	1.1K m	34% higher	Burundi
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	3.0 time zones	33% lower	Tanzania
Health Spending Per Capita	$24.69	$35.65	31% lower	Tanzania
Urban Population (%)	24.83%	36.17%	31% lower	Tanzania
Food Waste per Person	132.82 kg/person/yr	192.89 kg/person/yr	31% lower	Tanzania
Youth Unemployment Rate	1.7% of youth labor force	2.4% of youth labor force	30% lower	Tanzania
Government Debt (% GDP)	48.4% of GDP	38% of GDP	27% higher	Burundi
Child Mortality	49.2 per 1k births	38.9 per 1k births	26% higher	Burundi
GDP Growth Rate	4.1%	5.5%	26% lower	Tanzania
Women's Political Empowerment	0.65	0.83	22% lower	Tanzania
Road Traffic Death Rate	12.3 per 100k	15.8 per 100k	22% lower	Tanzania
Human Development Index	0.44	0.56	21% lower	Tanzania
Smoking Rate	11.2%	9.3%	20% higher	Burundi
Sanitation Access (%)	44.63%	37.22%	20% higher	Burundi
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	29.65 µg/m³	25.08 µg/m³	18% higher	Burundi
Elderly Population (%)	2.5%	3.0%	17% lower	Tanzania
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	17 days/yr	20 days/yr	15% lower	Tanzania
Women in Senior Management	25.67% of managers	29.67% of managers	13% lower	Tanzania
Armed Forces Personnel	31.0K	28.0K	11% higher	Burundi
Death Rate	5.5 per 1k	5.0 per 1k	11% higher	Burundi
Fertility Rate	4.9 children/woman	4.5 children/woman	11% higher	Burundi
Adult Literacy Rate	71.41%	78.21%	9% lower	Tanzania
Median Age	15.9 years	17.2 years	8% lower	Tanzania
Informal Employment Share	98.04% of employed people	90.78% of employed people	8% higher	Burundi
Dependency Ratio	89.5% of working-age pop.	83.76% of working-age pop.	7% higher	Burundi
Birth Rate	35.91 per 1k	33.45 per 1k	7% higher	Burundi
Renewable Energy (%)	83%	78.3%	6% higher	Burundi
Infant Mortality	31.5 per 1k births	29.9 per 1k births	5% higher	Burundi
Life Expectancy	63.7 years	67.0 years	5% lower	Tanzania
Youth Population (%)	44.7%	42.54%	5% higher	Burundi
Hypertension Prevalence	36.3% of adults	34.9% of adults	4% higher	Burundi
Women in Parliament (%)	38.21%	37.4%	2% higher	Burundi
Average Weekly Work Hours	40.27 hrs/week	40.72 hrs/week	1% lower	Tanzania
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	12.63% of GDP	12.8% of GDP	1% lower	Tanzania
Coastline Length	0 km	1.4K km	ranked lower	Tanzania
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Burundi
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Burundi
Solar Electricity Share	0%	0.45%	ranked lower	Tanzania
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.01 per 1M people	ranked lower	Tanzania
Lowest Elevation	772 m	0 m	ranked higher	Burundi
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-6.1% of GDP	-2.4% of GDP	ranked lower	Tanzania
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	0 sites	7.0 sites	ranked lower	Tanzania
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 100k people	0.05 per 100k people	ranked lower	Tanzania
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	1.0 gold medals	0 gold medals	ranked higher	Burundi
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Burundi
All-Time Olympic Medals	2.0 medals	2.0 medals	equal	Burundi

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Analysis

Tanzania leads in 68 of 108 shared metrics, while Burundi leads in 40.

Burundi's Broadband Access (%) is 100.0x that of Tanzania (202 per 100 people vs 2.0 per 100 people).

Burundi's Population Density is 6.1x that of Tanzania (533.08 /km² vs 75.21 /km²).

Burundi's Inflation Rate is 5.5x that of Tanzania (20.2% vs 3.1%).

Burundi's Military Spending is 2.3x that of Tanzania (3.8% of GDP vs 1.2% of GDP).

Burundi's Insufficient Physical Activity is 2.2x that of Tanzania (14.35% of adults vs 4.5% of adults).

Key Comparisons

Broadband Access (%)Burundi leads

Burundi

202 per 100 people

Tanzania

2.0 per 100 people

Population DensityBurundi leads

Burundi

533.08 /km²

Tanzania

75.21 /km²

Inflation RateBurundi leads

Burundi

20.2%

Tanzania

3.1%

Military SpendingBurundi leads

Burundi

3.8% of GDP

Tanzania

1.2% of GDP

Insufficient Physical ActivityBurundi leads

Burundi

14.35% of adults

Tanzania

4.5% of adults

Firms Hit by Power OutagesBurundi leads

Burundi

93.88% of firms

Tanzania

34.13% of firms

Broadband Access (%)

202 per 100 people

2.0 per 100 people

Population Density

533.08 /km²

75.21 /km²

Inflation Rate

20.2%

3.1%

Military Spending

3.8% of GDP

1.2% of GDP

Insufficient Physical Activity

14.35% of adults

4.5% of adults

Firms Hit by Power Outages

93.88% of firms

34.13% of firms

Health Spending (% GDP)

8.4% of GDP

3.1% of GDP

Beer Consumption

1.8 L/person/yr

0.68 L/person/yr

Political Corruption Index

0.84

0.33

Firms Asked for Bribes

14.01% of firms

6.9% of firms

Spirits Consumption

0.00 L/person/yr

0.39 L/person/yr

Forest Area

2.8K km²

443.4K km²

Mobile Money Accounts

0.75% of adults

52.85% of adults

Scientific Publications

27.99

1.2K

Land Area

25.7K km²

885.8K km²

Airports

6.0

206

GDP (Nominal)

$3,082,433,067.33

$78,844,405,385.22

Firms Making Informal Payments

13.17% of firms

6.7% of firms

Electricity Generation

0.39 TWh

10.98 TWh

Water Withdrawal

0.28 B m³

5.2 B m³

Burundi vs Tanzania

What matters for both sides

Burundi

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Broadband Access (%)

Population Density

Inflation Rate

Military Spending

Insufficient Physical Activity

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Health Spending (% GDP)

Beer Consumption

Political Corruption Index

Firms Asked for Bribes

Spirits Consumption

Forest Area

Mobile Money Accounts

Scientific Publications

Land Area

Airports

GDP (Nominal)

Firms Making Informal Payments

Electricity Generation

Water Withdrawal

Total CO2 Emissions

Electric Generating Capacity

Digital Payments Used

Milk Consumption per Person

Agricultural Land (%)

Irrigated Land

Protected Land (%)

Population

Liberal Democracy Index

GNI Per Capita

Forest Coverage (%)

CO2 Per Capita

Electricity Access (%)

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Land Border Length

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Freedom of Expression Index

Credit Card Ownership

Unemployment Rate

Can Raise Emergency Money

Internet Users (%)

Alcohol Consumption

Border Neighbors

Obesity Rate

Seafood Consumption per Person

Corruption Perceptions Index

High-Tech Exports (%)

Water Stress (%)

Education Spending (% GDP)

Highest Elevation

Teen Birth Rate

University Enrollment Rate

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Suicide Rate

Official Languages Count

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Electoral Democracy Index

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Doctors (per 1,000)

Firms with Female Top Manager

Capital Elevation

Time Zones Count

Health Spending Per Capita

Urban Population (%)

Food Waste per Person

Youth Unemployment Rate

Government Debt (% GDP)

Child Mortality

GDP Growth Rate

Women's Political Empowerment

Road Traffic Death Rate